Chap. 394.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 34 of chapter 407 of the
acts of the general assembly of 1924, as amended by chapter 112 of the
acts of the general assembly of 1928, concerning ardent spirits. [H B 137]

Approved March 25, 1930

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-four of chapter four hundred and seven of the acts of the
general assembly of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, approved
March twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, as amended by
chapter one hundred and twelve of the acts of the general assembly,
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, approved March ninth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

Section 34. Enforcement of city and town ordinances in cities
and towns and in territory contiguous to cities and towns.—Nothing
in this act shall be construed as conflicting with the jurisdiction of any
mayor or police justice in the trial of offenses against, and the enforce-
ment of, city and town ordinances, concerning ardent spirits, enacted
under the authority of section thirty-seven of chapter four hundred
and seven of the acts of the general assembly of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four. For the enforcement of such ordinances, the mayor or
police justice shall have jurisdiction over the territory contiguous to
the city or town within three miles of the city or town limits, provided
said three mile limit does not interfere with the jurisdiction of the
mayor or police justice of any other city or town, and where there is
less than six miles between any city or town, and another city or
town, the jurisdiction of the mayor or police justice of either city or
town shall extend only to one-half the distance between said cities
and towns; provided, further, that the jurisdiction of the mayor. or
police justice of a town situated in a county adjacent to a city having
a population, according to the last United States census, of one hun-
dred and seventy thousand, or more, shall extend only to the corporate
limits of said town.

In any prosecution before a mayor or police justice, the commis-
sioner of prohibition and the attorney for the Commonwealth of the
city or town, shall be notified by the said mayor or police justice, in time
to attend said trial, and the said attorney for the Commonwealth and
the commissioner, his deputies and inspectors, shall have the same
power in respect to such cases that they have in cases before the cir-
cuit or corporation court.